Program directory · Global Affairs Canada
Americas International Assistance
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program code
- BVD10 (EA)
- Core responsibility
- Development, Peace and Security Programming
- In Departmental Plans
- 2018-19 – 2024-25 · Appeared and later dropped
What it does
This Program delivers Canada's financial contributions in support of the seven International Assistance Themes in the region, with the overarching objectives of reaching the poorest and most vulnerable and supporting fragile states. It provides related strategic policy and operational guidance and advice to senior officials on these operations, delivers timely and effective support to senior officials participating in regional and national policy initiatives related to these themes, and ensures coherence with Canada's trade and diplomatic objectives in Region. It ensures that Canada's contributions are aligned with aid and development effectiveness principles, including the Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States, and with the poverty reduction and inclusive governance priorities of Canada's bilateral development partners in the region.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2018-19. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas International Assistance | This program | 2018-19 – 2026-27 | $1.79B |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | Indicators added: Number of civil-society organizations supported through GAC funding who advocate for human rights and/or inclusive governance. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2019-20 | Indicators dropped: Percentage of targeted organizations that represent or advocate for the rights of women, children, marginalized groups or at-risk populations. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $289M, against $228M in 2019-20 (+27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators added: Number of entrepreneurs, farmers and smallholders provided with financial and/or business development services through GAC-funded projects. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2021-22 | Indicators dropped: Number of civil-society organizations supported through GAC funding who advocate for human rights and/or inclusive governance. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Indicators added: Number of people reached by projects that help prevent, respond to and end sexual and gender-based violence, including child, early and forced marriage and/or female genital mutilation. | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2022-23 | Spending $311M, against $230M in 2021-22 (+35%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2023-24 | Spending $227M, against $311M in 2022-23 (−27%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $307M, against $245M in 2024-25 (+25%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | — | 2022 | 7,704 Target to be determined. | No result reported |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 8,800 | 2023 | 13,413 S.O. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 8,800 | 2024 | 11,753 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 8,800 | 2025 | 24,069 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | ≥ 258,262 | 2023 | 354,554 | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 387,000 | 2024 | 449,752 | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 387,000 | 2025 | 451,163 | Met |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced delays in some international assistance data collection and reporting. Results for this indicator will be available in the Global Affairs Canada 2021-22 Department Plan, published in Spring/Summer 2021. New target has been determined for the 2020-21 reporting period. | No result reported |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 124 | 2021 | 226 | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | $310M | $260M |
| 2019-20 | $306M | $228M |
| 2020-21 | $302M | $289M |
| 2021-22 | $304M | $230M |
| 2022-23 | $328M | $311M |
| 2023-24 | $308M | $227M |
| 2024-25 | $307M | $245M |
| 2025-26 | $307M* | — |
| 2026-27 | $307M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 94 | 125 |
| 2019-20 | 125 | 126 |
| 2020-21 | 121 | 113 |
| 2021-22 | 122 | 120 |
| 2022-23 | 121 | 120 |
| 2023-24 | 126 | 129 |
| 2024-25 | 136 | 121 |
| 2025-26 | 136* | — |
| 2026-27 | 136* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 plan | $310,212,288 | $308,864,587 | $308,968,243 | ||||||
| 2019-20 plan | $305,592,272 | $306,270,430 | $306,443,321 | ||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $302,457,624 | $306,978,350 | $306,999,027 | ||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $303,857,301 | $303,878,915 | $304,024,118 | ||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $328,000,779 | $301,783,309 | $301,853,708 | ||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $307,840,589 | $307,908,517 | $307,923,846 | ||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $307,219,690 | $307,416,520 | $307,493,002 | ||||||
| Actual | $260,113,011 | $228,259,940 | $288,816,161 | $230,041,625 | $310,693,148 | $226,961,470 | $245,010,521 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
